tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343546954225003627.post3324615226092275388..comments2024-02-02T02:32:58.560-06:00Comments on Opinionated Catholic: The Law Of Merited Impossibility , Gay Marriage , And Religious LibertyJames Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00406049343115557137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343546954225003627.post-48170235680833473932014-05-21T16:33:10.611-05:002014-05-21T16:33:10.611-05:00Dissent all you want to.
But when you enter the m...Dissent all you want to.<br /><br />But when you enter the marketplace, you have to follow the rules of the marketplace. The rule COULD be that you have to serve all comers, period. AKA, the common carrier doctrine, and it applies to railroads, bus companies, hotels and inns, and so on. Another rule, the more widespread one, is that you can't refuse service based on certain categories. And being gay is being added to the list (race, religion, ethnicity, gender, etc). You make wedding cakes? Then make them for gays too, or get out of the business. And, no, the fact that you will make a gay birthday cake does not change anything. <br /><br />Dissent is another matter. Dissent all you want, as I say. Work to change the law. Write, vote, etc. But don't expect that there will be no pushback there either. Dissent is free speech, and the gov't can't punish you for it. But folks have their rights too, and can boycott you, and so on.<br /><br />What you don't have is (A) the right to convert your dissent into discriminatory conduct contrary to law and (B) the right to express your views completely free of consequences, particularly those that involve other folks' rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com